I love living in Central New York. I moved here to attend Syracuse University about 30 years ago, fell in love with the area, and never left. I feel the same way about information technology. Cloud services, digital security, application development, search engine optimization, virtualization, servers, and networking all come together under this umbrella we call information technology. It can be overwhelming because it is so extensive, but IT can transform your organization to compete on a world stage.

Information technology is my passion. It is my team's passion. We often mention the phrase "living the dream" because we truly do test and implement new technology first within our company before we apply it to others. It's our culture, and I'm proud of that.

To me, information technology is an industry of change that presents you with something new and exciting most every day. That's incredible. It requires a wide-ranging set of skills that influences more of business and society every day. It is incorporated in everything we do. None of us can live without it. When it is applied correctly, it's in the background and we forget about it. It's a new way of doing and seeing things; it's core to modern communication, it helps people and organizations do things faster and easier, it helps people help themselves, it secures physical and digital spaces, and it brings people and data together to help them achieve their goals.

It's rare that a person gets to do what they love at a place where they're surrounded by interesting and smart teammates. The same can be said about the clients we have the privilege of serving. My teammates and clients have allowed me to help contribute to new and creative solutions every day.

The team and I have worked hard to build ACC founded on our collective passion for helping our clients leverage information technology to further their organizational goals. We have decided to go in a different direction from our contemporaries; we do not align with specific vendors or focus on products, but instead we focus on the needs of our clients. The "new and shiny" as well as "tried and true" solutions are only interesting if they help solve a problem or improve our clients' businesses. The result is a community of employees and clients that has a real and long-lasting relationship where both have prospered and benefited from the experience. Our clients want us to be invested in them. They want us to know their business, challenges, and culture. We want clients who see value in what we do. Most importantly, we want to be involved in our clients' businesses and to help them succeed. The resulting organic growth of our staff and client base has been incredible.